Tetramorium versiculum Bolton

Type location Ghana (Bolton, 1980: 343, not illustrated, worker) .

Bolton's description (1980) is at .

The holotype worker, plus one paratype worker, was collected from leaf litter at CRIG by Bolton (8.ii.1970) (1980). Other Ghana records he listed were from Mepom and Okumaning (D. Leston), and Mampong (P. M. Room).

WORKER - TL 3.1-3.3 mm; similar to Tetramorium lucayanum but much more coarsely sculptured. All dorsal surfaces with numerous standing hairs. Colour blackish brown to black.

From Ivory Coast were two collections, 42 workers from Nzi Noua, from a degraded forest log (W.L. & D.E. Brown, 13.i.1977), and from Banco Forest (W.L. Brown).

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901207.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium versiculum B Taylor det.	Liberia E Poirier Liabala PF 18	2.iv.2013 Nimba County 07°31’06" N 08°35’34" E	Pitfall trap Secondary forest 473 m asl	1
Tetramorium versiculum B Taylor det.	Ghana S Sky Stephens 06G0036	2006	In personal collection of S Sky Stephens	1
Tetramorium versiculum B Taylor det.	Benin S Tchibozo Benin 2	27.viii.2006 Bonou 06°50-55' N 02°20-30'E	Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè, Pitfall trap	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Benin, Bonou, Forêt de Gnanhouizoumècollector S Tchibozo.

The photomontage is of a worker from Liberia, collector E Poiriet (Liabala PF 18).

Type form. The photomontage is of a worker from Ghana, collected by S Sky Stephens (06G0065), 2006.